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Before & After Green: Domenici U.S. Courthouse Water Retrofit

Image: Pete V. Domenici U.S. Courthouse pre-construction, courtesy of Biohabitats, Inc. Image: Pete V. Domenici U.S. Courthouse post-construction, courtesy of Biohabitats, Inc. A conventional landscape of “turf grass, impermeable paving, and high water-use plants” in arid Albuquerque was retrofitted with water sustainability in mind by Rios Clementi Hale Studios (Lead Landscape Architect) and Biohabitats, Inc. […]

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Highway runoff management: Dlandstudio’s HOLD and precedents

Image: Scupper 2/HOLD system #2, Flushing Meadows Corona Park Today would be a good day to visit the HOLD site in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. HOLD or Highway Outfall Landscape Detention was designed by dlandstudio to manage runoff from adjacent elevated highways. Two variations on the concept were installed in the park and […]